News: Sweden

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sweden in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Sweden – overview

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• December 10th 2009 – October 20th 2009
• October 19th 2009 – August 10th 2009
• July 28th 2009 – April 28th 2009
• April 17th 2009 – February 18th 2009
• February 17th 2009 – September 5th 2008
• August 17th 2008 – June 14th 2008
• June 14th 2008 – December 14th 2007
• November 1st 2007 – June 30th 2007
• June 9th 2007 – January 15th 2007
• January 8th 2007 – September 6th 2006
• September 1st 2006 – June 21st 2006
• June 20th 2006 – February 28th 2006
• February 26th 2006 – November 18th 2005

Sweden: news

Donors make Lebanon pledges

Friday, September 1st 2006, 9:18
related countries: Lebanon

International donors meeting in Sweden promise more than $940m in new money to help rebuild war-torn Lebanon.
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Lebanon 'desperate for new funds'

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 10:02
related countries: Lebanon

Aid agencies plead for generous pledges as donors gather in Sweden to discuss Lebanese reconstruction.
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Olsson sails to home-town glory

Saturday, August 12th 2006, 13:37

Sweden's Christian Olsson takes European triple jump gold - plus a round-up of all the rest of the action in Gothenburg.
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Swedish nuclear reactors stopped

Thursday, August 3rd 2006, 12:55

Four of Sweden's nuclear reactors are shut down after a power failure, but the situation is not seen as risky.
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Athletics: Powell sets record

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 21:20
related places: Stockholm

Asafa Powell sets a 100m stadium record in Stockholm and pockets a diamond in the process.
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Axl Rose arrested in Stockholm

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 14:37
related places: Stockholm

Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose is arrested in Sweden for alleged violent conduct and damage to a hotel.
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Sweden jails circumcision father

Monday, June 26th 2006, 16:47
related countries: Somalia

A Swedish court jails a Somali man for four years for forcing his daughter to be circumcised.
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Syria 'holds Swedish journalist'

Monday, June 26th 2006, 15:06
related countries: Syria

A Swedish journalist is arrested in Syria for allegedly insulting the state, local media reports.
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Sweden's 'bomb belt' drama over

Sunday, June 25th 2006, 17:48
related places: Stockholm

A suspected bomb belt is taken off a man in Stockholm who says he was abducted and forced to wear it.
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Militia offers to protect media

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 23:48
related countries: Somalia

The Islamist militia controlling the Somali capital says it will protect foreign media after a Swedish journalist is killed.
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Germany set new World Cup targets

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 18:46
related countries: Germany

Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann says his team have set new objectives on the back of their 2-0 win against Sweden.
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Germany 2-0 Sweden

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 16:52

A Lukas Podolski double earns Germany victory over 10-man Sweden and books the hosts' place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
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Injured Owen returning home

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 12:41
related countries: United Kingdom

Michael Owen is out of the World Cup and flying back to England after rupturing his anterior cruciate knee ligament against Sweden.
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December 10th 2009 – October 20th 2009October 19th 2009 – August 10th 2009July 28th 2009 – April 28th 2009April 17th 2009 – February 18th 2009February 17th 2009 – September 5th 2008August 17th 2008 – June 14th 2008June 14th 2008 – December 14th 2007November 1st 2007 – June 30th 2007June 9th 2007 – January 15th 2007January 8th 2007 – September 6th 2006September 1st 2006 – June 21st 2006June 20th 2006 – February 28th 2006February 26th 2006 – November 18th 2005